Small savings bank



May 15, 1923.

E. A. RUSSELL SMALL SAVINGS BANK Filed July 1921 I Patented May 15;1923.

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ELIA. RUSSELL, or CQHITIIYCAVGQJLLIINOIS, Assieriqoitlmo s'rii'oimirne'r1 Application filed July 9,

accompanying drawings, forming a pert of thi's specific edtionl i v r Myinvention rlatesto small sav ngs I One of the objebts of the practicalkind durable construction of bank ofthe cl ess speeified.

vAnother obje et ojfth e invention is to pro- 7 i ide efie'ctive meanston-preVenting-the es:

cape of coins by falling out ofthe b'gink, and and also v to preuent;their, being extracted from the same .throughfthecoin slot;

Another objeet O the invention ism provide an adya ntageous eonstruotionforopening and closing thebank to permit the re movalof coins. f'

1 Another object ofthei invention isto profyid'e aisimple endpracticelform ofjloeking; device for 1oc'ki11-g .the' "closure in'closed position. V o Inthe accompanying draW1ngs F1g.' 1 1s insideelevation, ofe bank, embodying my. present 1nVB 1t1on;-V

, Fig, Qis e cross section taken on line Q RQ erfinQto the drziiuingslshow avbank hgiving an outershell orcasing l preferably njdesubstantially oblong a nd ta i l -v in form as ShOWIl in and 2, andhaving a felosed topi'2yand sides3,+3. Abottom or closure 4;plosesftheol owelj open end of the shell Q i ca ing 1. 4A,.h nd eM isis buriedto theltbf 2 me ns oflugs 6.

coinfslqt, ,lsshq n memoi i h'sfi 3, being of such size as toadm.it'1ztrge,.coi ns as ell es small ones Toprevent the escape orex'triction of, coins through.the s1ot ,7 -I shoi'y tOOthJikememberS85-8,;1'iountdside byjsi de on arod oribdr fi (Fig. 2),. .g'lhe ower:ends of thesemeinbers' 8 are-prefer The members 12-512 ere convenientlyfer-f' 1 holding meohzinism view of a," detail of eonstrue-' ,js'ingleunitary strueturefltoj be bou h ing t m down s v VSi KA IiL sAvI NesBANK] ably os as show ii in Fig. 13, 5iidthri-11 I suc cessivemembers,iuihiehflweshers insure independent movement of th'e' sexferztl l bers8+8. The members SeS COntrQI'a-supj,

plemental fsiotjfl thet yhen in e: 3

ard" positioi'nus shown in Fig. 2;, 'the yffio will effectively Closethesuppleriientzil'islot7?;

pi e venting coins from eiiteriiig slot" 7,-2ind 1 thereby preventingesoape 'or ext ritot zibove the members 8"8 so that Y .seid roller 11.tends tdhold'saiidwinembersfi always inn downfw z rd position; x i

Furthermore, supplemental 7 slot" closing dev lees are provided, as'forexample theslidf;

ingdmeinbers, 12-12 jlhese "membersere', 1; 'y nrranged=be1ovVthe jslot7 end hzive j "upperends tooth shaped, and are arranged to slide upanddowli so thzitth'eif uppei endsw ll nore orvless open andielose theslot/ 7 ranged toslide in the re ar of one wall lgof 71 a small box orcasingflqe secured in position I in one corner ofthe bank esshoyvn Astripl5 forms zi 'bjzicli forthe members 12. u so that they slidefbetween saidstripjlfigi d1 the wall 13. Thejinembers8+8lere lso erablyenclosed Wlthin the'boX 14;; zi s'ztre z'ilso the be and roH rll, an theslotfi 'is rm d talslot andithe entire slot proteetingor' ay' be ageing?mete r d lte' he shell or Casing 2.

from "the interim be inclined downwarsupplemental slot 7 v members 8..In this positione coin1 m inse d by, P e i gi ,fi fstv th ough, hel ba-r slot 7 end then'sjthrough thesuppl emenjtel I slot 7, being"aIIoWedTtopQ'sQS th ugh the I 9 ,latter a slight el eyetion of members iv Passingthrough theseslgt iiito the interiorof the upright positionthe, coin, can slot 7"; beoauselof the membe rdj erj te, held down 1r1=i;,ot-k CHICAGO; ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF, rumors,

inflthe W @1113 so thatthe'suppleinenby their ownWeight,and ithe iieight offthei 7 q posite the coin slot of the bank and slot protectingmeans located between the coin slot of the bank and the supplementalcoin slot of said wall.

14. A coin bank provided with an interiorly arranged box or casingsecured to the inner side of the bank adjacent the coin slot of thebank, said box or casing having an inner wall provided with a coin slotopposite th coin slot of the bank and slot protecting means locatedbetween the coin slot of the bank and the supplemental coin slot of saidWall, said protecting means comprising a bar or rodarranged within andsupported by said inner box or casing and swinging members pivotallymounted on said bar or rod and arranged by their swinging movement tomore'or less open and close said inner slot.

15. A small bank having a coin slot and also having an interiorlyarranged box or casing secured inside the bank near said slot or casingand having an inner wall provided with a coin slot located opposite saidouter slot or casing, and slot protecting devices comprising slidablemembers mounted within said inner box or casing located below said Icoin slot thereof, whereby when the bank is turned upside down saidmembers will slide downwardly to more or less close said inner slot. 1 ar 16. A small bank having a coin slot and also having an interiorlyarranged box or a casing secured within the bank near the wall contaning said slot, said box or casin bein provided with, a supplementalslot locate substantially opposite the slot of the bank and spacedinwardly from the same, said box or casing beingprovided with means forprotecting said inner slot.

17.. A small bank having a coin slot and a i also having an interiorlyarranged box or casing secured within the bank near the wall containingsaid slot, said box or casing being provided with a supplemental slot'located substantially opposite the slot of the a bank and spaced inwardlyfrom the same, said box or casing being provided with means forprotecting said inner slot, said box or casing with the slot andprotecting means thereof being bodily separable from the bank itself.v

18. A small bank having a closure and ineansfor making a hinge:connection between, the same and thebank comprising brackets on theclosure and bank respec-" tively, one ,of said brackets being providedwith ,a pin and the other with slots in which said pin may travel topermit opening swinging movement of the closure, each of said bracketshaving two walls, the pin on one being extended between its walls andtheslots of the other being formed. in both v walls thereof. a

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 3rd dayof June, A.1)., 1921.

ELI A. RUssEL

